Ukraine Gate- Kyiv – April 7, 2022- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyal expressed his confidence in Ukraine’s ability to provide adequate food for its citizens, but there is no doubt that Russia will cause a global food crisis.
Schmihal said: We will certainly feed ourselves, the question is whether this Russian aggression against Ukraine can cause a food crisis in the world, they close ports and prevent the sowing campaign, and this can also have long-term effects on global food security, but we understand that the blockade and the impossibility of Planting enough crops, which is what other countries expect on different continents, and it’s not about Ukraine, it’s about a hybrid effect on the world through food security.
According to Shmygal, the sowing campaign has begun in 22 regions of the country. The farmers, like any other Ukrainian, are doing heroic things, planting mines despite unexploded ordnance.” According to him, the government expects 20% less area for summer grain, and areas for winter grain. Bigger than in the previous year, as we expect a lower crop due to war, lack of technology and people fighting in the military.
